The local Costco actually had a number of criterion Blus and combos for 19.99: Seven Samurai (the only real deal), Frances Ha, the British Hitchcocks, some Wes Andersons, The Great Dictator, and a few others.

I haven't gone back thru this thread so I don't know if it has been mentioned but if you subscribe to Hulu Plus they have a deal with Criterion where a big chunk of their catalogue is available for streaming. Watched The Great Beauty last week and the picture and sound quality were excellent.

If you look at the image with Hoffman in the pool, the cloth and the mat he is on now has fine detail while in the older release they looked like mush.

In some shots the film grain has an odd vertical appearance but a minor quibble. Hope caps-a-holic features this new release.

I am somewhere in the middle. While one can enjoy the blue color, it also seems to screw up the whites with a blue tint. However, there is no question there is also a dull green look that messes with the original flesh tones. While I see nice improvements in the new version, I can't hep but feel they took it a little too far.

How is Criterion losing revenue? What independent label has UV with the BDs?

Maybe that is it, they are not a manufacturer of content so they do not have the ability to offer UV? My comment about losing revenue could have been phrased better. Maybe a better way to state it would have been a lost opportunity for additional revenue on their existing catalog like the Big 6 offer. There appears to be a significant market for UV, and with it access to a new audience that would be accessible without having to acquire new content.
This question was not intended as a slight towards Criterion, I purchase all their BDs, I was simply asking if anyone had heard of any plans to offer UV in the future?

My comment about losing revenue could have been phrased better. Maybe a better way to state it would have been a lost opportunity for additional revenue on their existing catalog like the Big 6 offer. There appears to be a significant market for UV, and with it access to a new audience that would be accessible without having to acquire new content.

I still do not see where this 'revenue' would come from. I am not aware of a 'significant market' for UV ether.

I still do not see where this 'revenue' would come from. I am not aware of a 'significant market' for UV ether.

Thanks Wuther, I don't want to interrupt this thread or take it off its course. If you will google UV cinema you will find numerous companies supporting a secondary market for UV, along with all the (Big 6) studios. As I'm sure you are aware, many people are choosing streaming over discs, UV providing a way to own and keep your movies in the clouds with the convenience of streaming. Streaming may be the fastest growing market for the consumption of movie content and a market completely un-served by Criterion, maybe for the reasons you express. I purchase many of my non Criterion titles these days as UV instead of purchasing the disc, and probably no need to expound on the benefits this format offers over disc. BD is still superior in quality, but for many consumers High Def UV is good enough. Like you, I want the very best quality possible, but I do not think we are in the majority. Criterion currently offers its titles on HULU at a similar quality to streaming.

People who are not choosing to watch a movie from a disc can still purchase the disc with UV, watch the UV, and share the disc with a friend. This demographic may not have purchased the disc if it did not have UV. Others could simply buy the UV at some price from Criterion, this could include its extensive back catalog. Criterion would not have to acquire new content, nor incur production costs for the disc. So Criterion could generate revenue from and gain access to a new market that is currently closed to them. In addition, a previous marketing partner Kaliedescape is now closed to them as their online store is exclusively based on UV, so that source of sales is now gone. Their store is supported by 5 of the Big 6 studios so obviously they see a financial reason to offer this format in addition to BD.

There must be a reason the Big 6 studios bundle UV with their discs, it must make sense financially for them to do it. Likewise there must also be a reason Criterion has not or can not go down this road. Maybe it is contractual? Was just wondering if anyone had heard if or when Criterion may offer this format and this seemed to be a good place to ask.

Thanks Wuther, I don't want to interrupt this thread or take it off its course. If you will google UV cinema you will find numerous companies supporting a secondary market for UV, along with all the (Big 6) studios. As I'm sure you are aware, many people are choosing streaming over discs, UV providing a way to own and keep your movies in the clouds with the convenience of streaming.

You should be asking this in the streaming sub-forum. It is pointless in the blu-ray sub-forum.

There must be a reason the Big 6 studios bundle UV with their discs, it must make sense financially for them to do it. Likewise there must also be a reason Criterion has not or can not go down this road. Maybe it is contractual? Was just wondering if anyone had heard if or when Criterion may offer this format and this seemed to be a good place to ask.

Because Criterion has to license movies from other entities that own them, I assume that the contracts are specific to each medium. Just because Criterion has the DVD and Blu-ray rights doesn't mean they can also do UV. The original studios may be saving that for themselves.